Helen our masseur offers a whole variety of beauty therapies on a Friday and Saturday including: Lymphatic drainage manicure/pedicure facials waxing eyelash tint (patch test necessary before) nail cutting Recommended donation for all therapies is £12 for MS Members, £22 for Carer’s and £30 for Other Members. Nail cutting is £4 for 15 minute appointment.
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Ordering from Pleasuretime
If you order any books etc from Pleasuretime please leave the money as well and mark as paid, thank you Sue
MS Study Day
MS STUDY DAY 2014: AN OVERVIEW Who was the event aimed at? The study day was aimed at people newly diagnosed with MS, interested in therapies or currently on therapies. When did it happen? The event was held on Friday, 26th September 2014… at Twickenham Stadium. I was unable to attend, can I still view… Read more »
Tecfidera now available from the NHS in England and Wales
Source MS Society: Published date: 27 Nov 2014 at 1:01PM From today Tecfidera, a treatment for relapsing remitting MS, will be made available on the NHS in England and Wales; it is already available in Northern Ireland and Scotland. Read on.
MS Society responds to fitness for work announcements
Source MS Society: A major independent review was published yesterday on the Work Capability Assessment – the test designed and used by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to determine the entitlement of disabled welfare claimants to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). Read on.
Fingolimod (Gilenya) not effective in primary progressive MS
Fingolimod (Gilenya) not effective in primary progressive MS Source MS Society: “Note – While these results are disappointing, they do not affect the proven effectiveness of Gilenya in relapsing remitting MS.” Novartis – the pharmaceutical company that manufacture Gilenya – carried out a global phase 3 clinical trial involving 940 people with primary progressive MS,… Read more »
Work starts on Cardiff University brain imaging centre
Source BBC: Work to build a £44m brain imaging centre to help experts better understand the causes of conditions like dementia and multiple sclerosis has begun in Cardiff. Researchers at the Cardiff University site will use mapping techniques to get a more detailed look at how the brain works. Read on.
The disability benefit Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) has featured heavily in the news
Source MS Society: Published date: 30 Oct 2014 at 1:23PM The disability benefit Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) has featured heavily in the news in the last 24 hours. While the BBC has reported leaked documents about the future of payments, a major announcement on the new company replacing the assessment provider Atos has also… Read more »
MS Society announces £1.45 million of new research
Source MS Society: We are delighted to announce funding for 15 exciting new research projects, costing a total of £1.45 million. This brings our current number of active projects to 59, with research spanning cause, cure, symptom relief and MS services. Read on.
Inequality of access to MS specialist nurses across the UK is shown by MS Trust report.
Source: MS Trust A report published today by the MS Trust finds that 30,000 people with MS live in areas where their specialist nurses are managing twice the sustainable level. This may mean that these people are not receiving all the support that they need. Read on
